Just One Thing with antmen pimentel mendoza

antmen pimentel mendoza’s poem “Self-Portrait in a Canadian Tuxedo on the Road to St. George, UT” gives us an intoxicating collage of images through which a picture of the speaker emerges. Here she shares just one thing about the piece:

“I want to use this space to admit that this poem largely originated from hearing Heather Gay's tagline in the first season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: ‘Just like my pioneer ancestors, I'm trying to blaze a new trail!’”